1 Tasting Note
I enjoy green teas but Rishi Matcha Super Green is a BIG NOPE for me. First of all the IMAGE posted on steepster that shows longish thin needle shaped tea is NOT at all what this stuff looks like in the tea bag so I don’t think this is processed like sencha maybe it’s some kind of leftover product from food grade matcha who knows. The shape of the leaf in the teabags are irregular shaped bits NOT long in anyway but triangular broken bit so who knows that is going on in reality. So, I haven’t been tea shopping in a long time, well over a year. When I saw the boxes of Rishi teas I was skeptical because you know there is so much marketing in everything. I was looking forward to trying it and I tasted it tonight. It was underwhelming and disappointing in flavor and scent.
POSITIVES: The tea leaf is GREEN and not stale brown or yellow.
NEGATIVES: Well, I’ve had better sencha with “matcha?”
To my tastebuds this is just lacking in flavor it tastes like dirty water with a slice of radish in it. If I use my imagination… well even if I use my imagination I am not finding a sweet note, I am not tasting a grassy note, I am smelling a slight grass scent if I stick my face into the cup. It is also quite bitter and I did not overbrew it… I’ve made green tea quite a bit. The broken leaf shape in the tea bags do NOT look like longish sencha leaf which I tend to see on better tea. Sorry but everything about this was disappointing and the box cost $10.00 for a few teabags. I’m going to say this is all marketing nonsense like usual for Americans who have not had really good tea. Rating it harshly. Looking between 1 point and 35 points I am only going to rate it a 1 because frankly I don’t want to waste my money on this it feels a bit of a scam almost. I will NOT buy it ever again and I would NOT give it to someone as a gift. Tea like this makes me want to NOT try any more teas at this price. I don’t see where I can post photos but if I can perhaps I will add a photo of the tea leaf later.
